Monday, June 1, 2015

After Rand Paulsuccessfully blocked an extensionon parts of the Patriot Actthat allowed the governmentto collect bulk phone recordswhich led to their expiryat 12:01 this morninghe reassured his fellowsthat "We can still catch terroristsusing the Constitution."While the USA Freedom Acthas already been approvedin the Househe has also blocked immediate actionon that piece of legislationfor a few days.Now where's the Saturday morning cartoonof him and a motleylibertarian cast of youth voterscarting away both terroristsand big-government freedom and privacy violatorswith a We The People lassointo the "History Machine"decked out in the psychedelic colorsof the Founding Fatherswhich are redand white and blueand blackish and brownishand grayishas found in their coats(never mindingHillary's calculated real-life attemptat such a van years agowhereas this cartoonwould be nothing but authentic)who utterwith one last helpless breath"And I would have gotten awaywith it tooif it weren't forthat meddling Constitution"?

Bio of Emily Cooper, Associated Poetry Poet

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Emily Cooper is a 30-year-old Creative Writing major (Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 2010). She is an introvert who has always written poetry, but now aspires to look outwards -- but more importantly, inject modern reality with her own brand of Jon Stewart-style observational humor. The end result is truly "free" verse.
The idea for "Associated Poetry" began January 21, 2013. After seeing Richard Blanco read at Obama's inauguration for his second term, Emily felt compelled to start a blog to document the zeitgeist of our country’s politics, down to a particular week or day. She wanted a name that would be taken seriously by the public at large and any potential syndicators, but would also leave her the freedom to write as she wished -- not wanting to be confined to a particular cause or issue, but rather, poetry “associated” with the times in general. Associated Press -- a newswire that makes people think of unbiased, serious reporting -- contributed the "associated" "newsy-ness". Her poems have a bias – generally quite left of center – but with a humorous bent that will, ideally, appeal to people at many points in the spectrum.